Wagon-gear



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0. HANSON & 0. M. PHELPS.

WAGONGEAR. No. 262,664 Patented A11g.15, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrca.

CHRISTIAN HANSON AND OLIVER M. PHELPS, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

WAGON-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,664, dated August15, 1882.

Application filed May 19, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHRISTIAN HANSON and OLIVER M. PHELPS, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at Madison, in the county ofDaneand State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wagon-Gears, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in wagon-gears.

The object of our invention is to provide a strong, durable, and at thesame time simple wagon-gear, so constructed and arranged that the wagon,particularly the springs and kingbolt, is relieved from the strain oftwisting the body in passing over obstructions or rough and unevenground.

Our invention consists in certain combinations and arrangement of parts,as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a bottom view of our improved gear. Fig. 2 is afront view,and Fig. 3 a sectional elevation, of the same, taken on the line a: :vofFig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a detailed view of some of the parts enlarged.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the said drawings, A A represent the bottom of the wagon bed or box;B, the front and B the rear axle.

S S are the springs, which may be made in the usual manner.

0 is our improved jointed and swiveled reach, which is composed of theparts a and b, the part b of which is journaled at one end in the axleB, and is provided at the other with a cylindrical head, b, on each sideof which is a small hub, e. The cylindrical head I) fits betweencircular plates 0 a, secured to or formed in one piece with the part a.lhe hubs e 0 turn in suitable bearings therein, the whole being heldfirmly together by a bolt, 6. A bifurcated brace, cl, secured to theunder side of the axle B, and having a bearing on the part 11, near thehead 1), serves to strengthen and steady the part a.

D is the circle or fifth-wheel, which is secured directly to the bottomof the bed or box A A, with its center coincident with the center of thejoint in the reach 0, and has on its periphery a flange, f. The lowerpart of the circle, D, bears on the face of the circle, with theprojecting part 19 pivoted at the center by the king-bolt k. In additionto the king-bolt k, the lower part, D, is secured to the circle, D bythe two L-shaped lugs l, which hook over the flange fand a projectiomp,on the part which bears on the inner side ofthe circle I).

E is what we term the spring-block, which rests on the top of the springS, and connected to the lower part of the circle, D, by a swivel-joint,P. The lower part of the spring rests on the axle B, and is secureddirectly thereto. A small brace, 0 secured at the rear end to the rearof the circle D, serves to strengthen and steady the king-bolt k, whichpasses through the other end thereof.

The'advantages of this gear are numerous. By having the circle secureddirectly on the bottom of the box or bed it is relieved of theunnecessary weight, and has a large flat bearing-surface, which permitsit to ,be made of cheaper material than a circle under the springs. Bymeans of the swiveled springblock over the spring the circle, king-bolt, and spring are relieved of any undue strain from the twisting ofthe body on uneven ground. The front wheels are given a longer circle,and the wagon thereby enabled to make a shorter turn. The manner ofconnecting the upper and ldwer parts of the circle and the parts of thejointed reach renders accidents very unliable, even should the king-boltbecome lost or broken.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A jointed reach, (3, consisting of the part I), having thecylindrical head b{, with hubs e e, in combination with the part at,having circular plates 0 0, substantially as shown and described.

2. The circle D, provided with the flange f, in combination with thelower part, D, having projection p and L-shaped lugs l 1, substantiallyas shown and described.

3. A jointed reach, 0, consisting of part a, having circular plates 0 c,and part I), having a jointed and swivelod reach, 0, swiveled into thefront axle, B, andjointed at J, with the cen- 1 5 ter of said jointcoincident with the center of the circle D, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

CHRISTIAN HANSON. v OLIVER M. PHELPS. Witnesses:

HANS SPILDE, It. G. SIEHUKER.

